Matthew 5:37

Legacy Standard Bible

But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of the evil one.

Cross References

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.

Matthew 13:38

and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false witness, slanders.

Matthew 5:36

Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

Matthew 6:13

‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’]

John 17:15

I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

Ephesians 6:16

In addition to all, having taken up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one,

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another, since you put off the old man with its evil practices,

Colossians 4:6

Let your words always be with grace, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should answer each person.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But the Lord is faithful, who will strengthen and guard you from the evil one.

James 5:12

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your yes be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

1 John 2:13

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you have known the Father.

1 John 3:12

not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

1 John 5:18

We know that no one who has been born of God sins; but He who was begotten of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.